http://www.hollywood-wheels.com Hollywood 1:18 Wheels News (ENGLISH version) en-US In this period, I\'m trying to complete my collection of hand signed pictures. In particular, I love to collect the autographs of the actors who played main characters into the TV series "The Dukes of Hazzard": unfortunately, Byron cherry (Coy Duke) and Christopher Mayer (Vance Duke) are still missing in my collection, so yesterday I wrote a message on CGLFC board and thanks to John Staton, I got the oppurtunity to contact directly Byron Cherry. I wrote him an email and after few minutes, I received an answer from him and we started a quick repartee to decide the details about the hand signed picture. After this, I can only say Byron is a nice, amusing and kind guy. Besides to be a good actor, he is also a good man: it\'s not easy to find a helpful actor like him. It was a pleasure for me "talk" with Mr.Cherry and I hope, one day, to meet him in a Duke\'s event.

Moreover, during my holiday I received a lot of pictures from the visitors of this site and day by day, I will show them. Today I would like to show you the last job executed by Roberto: he is a great "The Dukes of Hazzard" & "Collier & Co." fan, so he realized a great diecast replica of the Traveller owned by Erik Dimitriou. On the external, it looks like mine, but on the internal he has done a great work: he has detailed the carpet with grunge, he has covered the steering wheel with insulating tape and he has created 2 little covers for the front seats. Congratulations Roberto!!!

]]> Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0200 As announced before my holidays, today I would like to show you the last job executed by Darold, a faithful visitor of my site: the Dodge Charger used in the movie "Dirty Mary Crazy Larry". Like the previous 1/64th diecast model he has created, also this 1/24th diecast model is very detailed: good paint work and perfect customization on the wheels.
Good job Darold!!

]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0200 Unfortunately, my holidays are finished!!! I spent about 2 weeks visiting Dolomiti Mountains (8 days in Colfosco and 4 days in Ortisei) but now, I\'m very relaxed and happy to be here with you... In the next days I will show you a lot of news about the incredible world in 1/18th!!

]]> Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0200 Today it\'s the last day of work before my holidays (21st August - 2nd September) so I would like to show you one of my last purchases: 6 hand signed pictures I bought from a certified shop on eBay!! On this pictures there are some of my favourite actors from the \'80... From "The Dukes of Hazzard" TV show: Tom Wopat (Luke Duke), James Best (Sheriff Rosco P.Coltrane), Catherine Bach (Daisy Duke), Sonny Shroyer (Deputy Enos Strate) and Rick Hurst (Deputy Cletus Hogg). From the "Knight Rider" TV show: David Hasselhoff. I hope you like them and after my holidays I will show all the other hand signed pictures I have in my collection. See you in September!!!

]]> Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200 Today, watching users galleries, I found this awesome diorama created by the user "general_lee". As you can see, it\'s a perfect replication of a typical bridge used in the TV series "The Dukes of Hazzard" to help the General Lee to jump over an escarpment. Congratulations!!! I think it\'s a good work and after my holiday I will try to recreate a similar thing for my dioramas.

]]> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200 Today is my turn: yesterday, I\'ve finished to paint the internal seats of the Dirty Mary Crazy Larry\'s Charger. As you can see, I\'ve removed the headrests from the front seats and the next step will be to put a black velvet on the floor... but now, I take a break for 3 days for a short holiday.
See you the next week!!! Have a nice mid-August holiday!

]]> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200 Today, I\'ve received a mail from Roberto, one of the most active visitors of this site. In this email I\'ve found some pictures about the last diecast model created by Roberto: the orange Traveller from the movie "Collier & Co." Good job, Roberto!!! Now we will wait new pictures about your next project!!

]]> Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200 Today, I would like to show you one of the latest video performed by the singer Jewel... The song is called "I Do" and it\'s a beautiful country song released in June. This video is very interesting not only for the music (it\'s the first country album for Jewel), but also because they used 2 awesome muscle cars: a grey \'79 Pontiac Trans Am (driven by Jewel) and a yellow \'69 Dodge Charger (driven by Ty, Jewel\'s husband). Moreover, I found on YouTube an explanation of this music video: "Jewel and Ty are afraid of marriage, like so many of their generation. I think the car crash is symbolic of totally surrendering one\'s self for the sake of the other out of love. In other words, she wants more than the game of love, she wants the real thing, which is only possible by a radical opening up of the human heart, which is like a death."

]]> Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200 This is the "Dirty Mary Crazy Larry" period: yesterday, I received some pictures from Darold, a visitor of my site who has created a DMCL\'s Charger in 1/64th. This little diecast model has been created using a \'69 Dodge Charger produced by Hot Wheels and it\'s very accurate. Moreover, now Darold is working on a DMCL\'s Charger in 1/24th: when he will finish this model, I will publish some new pictures about it.

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200 During the last weekend I\'ve added the lateral stripes on the Dirty Mary Crazy Larry\'s Charger. I designed these stripes with Paint Shop Pro and then I printed them on decals paper. I\'m satisfied about the result obtained and to increase the details, I\'ve added the CB antenna on the right side of the roof. In the future days, I will continue to work on the interior. Enjoy with the pictures!!

]]> Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200 Today, I want to propose you a new comparison, this time between the Shelby Mustang GT500 produced by Shelby Collectibles and the Shelby Mustang GT500 produced by AutoArt. I want to thanks Roberto because he has furnished me the pictures of his Shelby Collectibles model. I hope you will appreciate it!

]]> Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0200 Today I will show you only few updates on the Dirty Mary Crazy Larry\'s Charger: infact, yesterday I\'ve worked especially on the dashboard and the door panels (painting them with a black paint). Moreover, with a silver drawing pen, I\'ve outlined the window profiles. This evening I will continue to work on this model, adding more details to it!!

]]> Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0200 As promised, yesterday I\'ve painted the Dirty Mary Crazy Larry\'s Charger shell with the correct yellow paint and this morning I\'ve assembled all the parts (chassis and interior included) to understand how it appears with the new look. This evening I will work on the interior: I will paint every component with mat black and then I will coat the floor with black velvet. Stay tuned!!!

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